Somebody Needs To Be Dad

by Francis X. Maier

The extraordinary fact of Catholic life in the United States is not the few bishops who humiliate us so bitterly, but the many who do the job so well. Continue Reading »

22 Feb 2021

President Biden and a Catholic Inflection Point

by George Weigel

Solidarity in prayer is the first duty of American Catholics toward the new president today. Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2021

An Open Letter to the People of “Courage”

by George Weigel

Brave men and women of “Courage,” thank you for your witness. Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2020

Thomas Howard, RIP

by Kenneth Craycraft

Tom had a deep sense that these things God had given us were infused with the presence of grace. Continue Reading »

17 Oct 2020

Why the Senate Should Confirm Judge Barrett

by Mark Movsesian

Judge Barrett deserves better than a partisan endorsement. Continue Reading »

14 Oct 2020

When the Dogma Lives Loudly

by Charles J. Chaput

Amy Coney Barrett is a nightmare for a certain kind of political tribe. Continue Reading »

28 Sep 2020

Catholics at the Back of the Line

by Salvatore J. Cordileone

San Francisco continues to place unrealistic and suffocating restrictions on our natural and constitutional right to worship.  Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2020

China’s Catholics and the Church’s Moral Witness

by Michael R. Pompeo

If the Chinese Communist Party manages to bring the Catholic Church and other religious communities to heel, regimes that disdain human rights will be emboldened. Continue Reading »

18 Sep 2020

Aventine Meditations

by George Weigel

On Ash Wednesday, hundreds of English speakers climb the Aventine before dawn to receive penitential ashes and celebrate the first Mass of Lent. Continue Reading »

26 Feb 2020

New Troubles for Ireland?

by John William O’Sullivan

Westminster’s sidelining of the socially conservative DUP could lead to the rise of a well-established terrorist organization, with an ideology shot through with social conservatism.  Continue Reading »

13 Nov 2019